Week 14 means playoff time for the majority of fantasy football leagues. The best advice: Ride your studs and don't second-guess yourself.

Studs

RB Matt Forte, Chicago Bears: Life doesn't get much sweeter than facing the Dallas Cowboys' run defense. No team has permitted more fantasy points. Running backs in particular have averaged a staggering 211 total yards and 2.3 scores a game in the last month.

QB Peyton Manning, Denver Broncos: The Tennessee Titans have been a difficult matchup for quarterbacks, but they haven't faced anyone remotely close to No. 18 and his juggernaut offense.

WR Pierre Garcon, Washington Redskins: Garcon gets to exploit a Kansas City Chiefs defense that has allowed 15.7 receptions, 274.3 yards and 1.7 scores per game to wideouts since Week 9.

TE Rob Gronkowski, New England Patriots: Those first six weeks of inactivity are but a distant memory. Gronkowski is peaking at the right time and the Cleveland Browns have been the third-worst defense vs. tight ends in the last month.

Duds

QB Andrew Luck, Indianapolis Colts: While Luck's sophomore slump isn't entirely his fault, he has topped 300 passing yards just twice this year and hasn't posted a multi-touchdown game in the last month. The Cincinnati Bengals get after quarterbacks (3.67 sacks/game), which is worrisome since Luck was taken down five times in Week 13.

RB Zac Stacy, St. Louis Rams: Stacy has enjoyed a respectable season since taking over as the starting back, but realize what he's facing this week. The Arizona Cardinals have allowed just 3.2 yards a carry and one TD to running backs in their last four games.

WR Josh Gordon, Cleveland Browns: Gordon's run of 200-plus-yard days will come to an end against Patriots cornerback Aqib Talib. There's also the uncertainty of who'll start at quarterback for the Browns with recently signed free-agent Caleb Hanie a possibility.

TE Vernon Davis, San Francisco 49ers: The Seattle Seahawks seem to know how to slow Davis down. In Week 2, they held him to three catches for 20 yards. He has only 13 receptions, 148 yards and no scores in their last four meetings.

Sleepers

QB Robert Griffin III, Washington Redskins: RG3 is slowly getting his legs back underneath him -- his most dangerous attribute. The Kansas City Chiefs have surrendered the most fantasy points to quarterbacks in the last month and have just one sack in their past three games.

RB Bobby Rainey, Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Rainey has 106 total yards and no scores since his three-touchdown explosion in Week 11. However, he faced two very tough matchups in that span, which is hardly the case in Week 14 when he plays the Buffalo Bills, a defense that has yielded five TDs and an average of 147.7 total yards to running backs in their last three games.

WR James Jones, Green Bay Packers: Quarterback Matt Flynn has relied on Jones more than any other receiver in the past two weeks. A big-play threat, Jones has the luxury of facing an Atlanta Falcons pass defense that has given up 15.6 yards per catch and 159.5 yards a game to receivers in the past four weeks.

TE Jared Cook, St. Louis Rams: The Arizona Cardinals struggle to limit even mediocre tight ends. Cook stuck it to them in Week 1, when he caught seven passes for 141 yards and two scores.